Lead React Engineer

Location: Remote - Must be in the Austin or Dallas, TX Metros

Employment Type: Full-Time, Direct Hire

Compensation: $170,000–$200,000 base + bonus

We are hiring a Lead React Engineer to architect and deliver scalable, secure, and high-performance server-side solutions that power enterprise-grade applications. This role is hands-on, hybrid in Dallas, TX, and ideal for an engineer who excels in building APIs, event-driven systems, and cloud-native services within a serverless ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain RESTful and GraphQL APIs optimized for performance and scalability
Build secure, compliant systems adhering to privacy regulations such as GDPR and CCPA
Optimize infrastructure using caching, database tuning, and load balancing strategies
Define and manage CI/CD pipelines to streamline deployment and testing
Lead the design and development of back-end solutions aligned with business and technical goals
Partner with architects, product managers, and engineering teams to define long-term architecture and roadmap
Mentor engineers and promote a collaborative, high-performance team culture
Drive architectural decisions and enforce engineering best practices
Conduct thorough code reviews, ensuring high-quality, maintainable code
Stay current on industry trends and emerging technologies, applying them to improve development efficiency and software quality

Qualifications

7+ years of software development experience, including 3+ years in senior or staff-level roles
Strong proficiency in TypeScript and Go, with deep understanding of back-end and cloud-native development
Proven expertise in AWS, including services such as Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, EventBridge, and Step Functions
Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as AWS CDK and Serverless Stack (SST)
Skilled in designing event-driven and microservice-based architectures
Strong grasp of secure coding practices and back-end security principles
Experience leading engineering teams and making high-impact architectural decisions
Excellent communication skills, capable of collaborating across technical and non-technical teams
Familiarity with CI/CD, DevOps, and contributions to open-source projects or technical blogs a plus

Technical Competencies

Proficiency with Git and modern development tools (VS Code, IntelliJ, etc.)
Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, Helm)
Solid database expertise: PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, MySQL, Redis
Familiarity with observability and monitoring tools (e.g., AWS CloudWatch, ELK, Prometheus)

Education & Experience

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field required; Master’s preferred
Demonstrated success on 5+ major software projects that improved reliability, scalability, or performance
3+ years of experience with cloud platforms (preferably AWS) and Agile/Scrum methodologies

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